"Primus Inter Pares" - First Among Equals
Brooks College House is one of Franklin & Marshall's five College Houses - "third spaces" which primarily serve as residence halls for first-years and sophomores, but which also uniquely merge living, social, and academic communities and form bonds that grow throughout one's time at F&M, and beyond.
Founded in 2005 as "MBT House," which reflected the names of its three core buildings: Marshall Hall, Buchanan Hall, and Thomas Hall, Brooks College House was re-named in the fall of 2009 to honor Robert C. Brooks Sr. '66/P'98 and his wife Susan P'98 in recognition of their support for both Franklin & Marshall College and its College House System. The Brooks' generosity was instrumental in the construction of the Brooks House Commons, the House's defining physical space.
